Ballot Questions
1949
Question #6
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change XVIII.4
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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69.67% |
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1,441,214 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
30.33% |
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627,479 New Yorkers voted No |
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2,068,693 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.
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Note: When voters approved of provisions, the new changes take effect on January 1st of the year after the question's appearance on the ballot
XVIII.4 proposed for 1950
Article XVIII: Housing • Section 4: Powers of cities, towns and villages to contract indebtedness in aid of low rent housing and slum clearance projects; restrictions thereon
To effectuate any of the purposes of this article, the legislature may authorize any city, town or village to contract indebtedness to an amount which shall not exceed two per centum of the average assessed valuation of the real estate of such city, town or village subject to taxation, as determined by the last completed assessment roll and the four…
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